9780852380963 - Inshore Fishing: Its Skills, Risks and Rewards de Judd, Simon (2 résultats)

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1971). 1971 1st edition. Hardback issue. 8vo (140 x 222mm). Ppxii,131. B/w illustrations. Blue cloth, spine titled in gilt. Ex-library copy, usual stamps and faults. A working copy in a clean dust-wrapper. ".a vivid and entertaining account of how and why the author took up fishing, how he managed to cope with the difficulties and frustrations of entering the fishing field and sustaining a satisfying way of life in spite of the many adversities with which a fisherman has to contend. Starting from scratch with no fishing tradition to help him he overcame local prejudice and eventually became a leading figure in the fishing community. His determination and drive were largely responsible for improving the lot of that community by the formation of a fisheries co-operative." Chapters include: I decide to go fishing; My first catch of pilchards; Dahn lines, buffs and creepers; Gannets and bubbles; Dick and Roy put me through it; I get hooked properly; I join the mosquito fleet; A-sharking we will go; Trawling; Forming a co-op: Mevagissey Fisheries Ltd. ; We buy the 'Ros Guill'; Queer catches and curry; I come ashore - to more fish; 'We'll try' and try again; Points on better marketing; How to mend, handle and shoot nets and trawls; Just his share. The foreword is by T.S. Leach. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1971). 1971 1st edition. Pbk issue. 8vo paperback (138 x 215mm). Ppxii,131. B/w illustrations. Limp cloth covers. Used and browned second-hand paperback. ".a vivid and entertaining account of how and why the author took up fishing, how he managed to cope with the difficulties and frustrations of entering the fishing field and sustaining a satisfying way of life in spite of the many adversities with which a fisherman has to contend. Starting from scratch with no fishing tradition to help him he overcame local prejudice and eventually became a leading figure in the fishing community. His determination and drive were largely responsible for improving the lot of that community by the formation of a fisheries co-operative." Chapters include: I decide to go fishing; My first catch of pilchards; Dahn lines, buffs and creepers; Gannets and bubbles; Dick and Roy put me through it; I get hooked properly; I join the mosquito fleet; A-sharking we will go; Trawling; Forming a co-op: Mevagissey Fisheries Ltd. ; We buy the 'Ros Guill'; Queer catches and curry; I come ashore - to more fish; 'We'll try' and try again; Points on better marketing; How to mend, handle and shoot nets and trawls; Just his share. The foreword is by T.S. Leach. .